Primaquine for Radical Cure of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale Malaria: An Observational Survey (2008-2010)

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-136

  Faucher, Jean François ^a   Bellanger, Anne Pauline ^a   Chirouze, Catherine ^a   Hustache Mathieu, Laurent ^a   Genton, Sandrine ^a   Hoen, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DRUG EFFICACY; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIMAQUINE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874775177     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12009     Document Type: Article

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